Jul 10, 11:06 PM
Finn Bálor reveals why WWE changed his WrestleMania 42 match at the last minute
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WWE made a last minute change to this year’s WrestleMania 42 card when “The Demon” Finn Balor’s match against Dominik Mysterio was changed from a standard singles match to a street fight. In an interview this week with Chris Van Vliet, Balor said the change was made to help cover for limitations he was working through due to injury. It started a few weeks before WrestleMania when Balor suffered a rib injury on Raw while trying his best to avoid becoming the next Top Dolla. “Dom was having a match against Penta on Raw, like three weeks before Mania. I do the run-in. I come back. I beat up JD. I beat up Dom. I throw him over the top rope. I’m gonna do a dive over the top rope. I’m in street clothes. So as I’m running, I’m wearing one of my baggier t-shirts. And I go, oh, I haven’t done the dive in a while. And I wonder, is this t-shirt gonna get snagged on the top rope? Am I gonna get stuck like Top Dolla, you know? This was going through my head as I’m running against the ropes. So as I